Post #4355849
2026-08-02 23:52 UTC
@bemmesr@mathstodon.xyz
"I'd suggest you read https://math.berkeley.edu/~wu/order5.pdf as it essentially makes the same argument I'm making" - and is contradicted by Maths textbooks and proofs. 🙄 Note the complete lack of textbook references
"perhaps with more clarity and conviction" - #LoudlyNotUnderstandingThings
"It's not an uncommon idea" - the idea of Earth being flat used to not be an uncommon idea
"this has turned out to be somewhat of a research task" - you could've just read my thread in the first place 🙄
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@SmartmanApps@dotnet.social 2026-08-02 23:52
@bemmesr@mathstodon.xyz "so I'll at least give you that there are not *many* textbooks published in the last 150 years which differ on the order of operations" - there aren't ANY which differ on the order of operations "of course we have no reason to believe this to be the case" - we have EVERY reason to believe it's the case - proofs 🙄 "arithmetic is essentially just an axiomatic system" - nope. Literally proven, but feel free to try and find an example of 1+1=3. I'll wait